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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
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│ va-dj greyboy-p-jays unda-pendent volume 2-unda attack
│
│ artist ........ va
│ title ......... dj greyboy-p-jays unda-pendent volume 2-unda attack
│ release date .. 1999
│ label ......... P-Jays
│ cat. no ....... PJCD-010
│ url ........... www.binaryjungle.com/pjaysrecords
│
│ rip date ...... 08-27-2003
│ genre ......... hip-hop
│ quality ....... 192kbps / 44.1Hz
│ time .......... 50:57 min
│ size .......... 70,1 MB
│ source ........ cdda
│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┐
│ RELEASE INFO │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ "Back in 1998 San Diego resident DJ Greyboy released the "P-Jays │
│ Unda-Pendent Hip Hop Volume 1" compilation to critics giving it │
│ a thump up. And it did have it's share of gems on it: A.G.'s │
│ "Hidden Crate", U.K.'s "Destroy The Scenery" or their "United │
│ Kings" (Remix). Greyboys refusal to produce anything that could │
│ just remotely be put in drawers, or categories, because it was │
│ much more just hip hop, then it was eastcoast or westcoast or │
│ thug or underground or whatnot hip hop. So at the end, it wasn't │
│ even unda-pendent hip hop, it was just plain and simple: hip │
│ hop. Okay, this is not really a formula for your music, but │
│ still, Greyboy returns with his second installment with the │
│ added "Unda Attack" name. And he took what he had with his │
│ first. Carried that some months further, to give it the now │
│ flavor. But in the end it didn't really work. │
│ │
│ Imam Thug spits the broadest Queensbridge flow on both of his │
│ tracks: "Throw It Up" and "One T.H.U.G.". While the beat of the │
│ first is at least bouncing in a enjoyable party type vibe, the │
│ latter not only contains a previously heard sample, but in │
│ general doesn't make much to keep us interested. This is │
│ sounding like a "The War Report" outtake. Lyrically this is │
│ something every Nore fan would enjoy. But those fans are not │
│ really the same folks that did enjoy listening to the seminal │
│ album "Doom" by Mood. And so we are afraid to say, that Mood is │
│ not the same no more, but actually adapted to the expectations │
│ that is coming from the thug audience. Not to say that they are │
│ on a thug tip now, but not only the beats to "Diplomats" or │
│ "Polygood" are more animated. The first is guitar enhanced, │
│ while the second one is choppy, the piano and the drum kick. │
│ "Castles" does take the energy down, but it's still missing the │
│ mysticism that made their album so magical. Lyrically Mood is │
│ still on point, but a lot of their content is confusing us, │
│ especially those that miss the esoteric content of their old │
│ stuff. │
│ │
│ Then there are also two offerings by Master Foul. And he has to │
│ take this back into more pleasurably areas with "Street Pigs" │
│ and "Chickens". Here the formula, already heard on other tracks, │
│ gets repeated. So in the end, it's a new beat, a new emcee, but │
│ essentially the same. Then again, his lyrics on "Street Pigs", │
│ if paid close attention to, contain a dopeness that's not │
│ obvious. And the beat of "Chickens" is easily one of the nicest │
│ on here, and again the lyrics keep our ears listening. I.C.'s │
│ "Genuine" tests our tolerance with a keyboard / organ sounding │
│ like a demo version of some kid just trying out his new │
│ Christmas gift. This can't really amaze or please. But his │
│ "Cathy" does. Not groundbreakingly innovative, but also not of │
│ the same piece of wood as all the rest you heard before, The │
│ drums are shuffling nicely, the horns are hard, but not too │
│ dominant, so that they still provide a carpet for I.C. to flow │
│ over. │
│ │
│ Interesting enough, Greyboy gets much braver on the remixes. All │
│ of the ones featured here are very interesting compositions. │
│ "Throw It Up" lacks the appreciated partyness of the original, │
│ but it has a ireness, it sounds haunted, sounds somewhat insane, │
│ and we suddenly go: 'yo, this should be a beat the Mood rhymes │
│ over'. But they get a summery vibe, with a rising horn on their │
│ "Polygood" remix. Again somewhat too nice and too happy to fit │
│ the Mood, it could actually be worse. And there's also a new │
│ version of A.G.'s "Hidden Crate". Again Greyboy pulls something │
│ very different outta his equipment. Sounding like some nicely │
│ flipped 80s pop, this is nothing our ears are too used to, and │
│ after the initial shock, it suddenly shows how dope this is, │
│ also in combination to A.G.'s flow, his dope rhymes, and the │
│ scratched chorus. If every track would sound as phat as this, │
│ we'd had trouble to enjoy the album from the get go, but we │
│ would grow accustomed to it and finally realize that this new │
│ style is off the snowman. │
│ │
│ But before ending this review we shouldn't forget the scratch │
│ and put bits and pieces together intro. This is as close to │
│ braggadocios lyrics a DJ can come, and it's dope. Duck Down's │
│ O.G.C. then "Shoot To Kill". The beat here is again somewhat │
│ tamed, the musicality is appreciated though. Quite violent in │
│ content, this is not as dope as it could inspire us to rewind │
│ this constantly. Neither the beat or the lyrics are necessarily │
│ bad, but they seem to be an ill matching, taking the end result │
│ lower than necessary. And finally the outro is not as dope as │
│ the intro, but by now we are not that tempted to skip back and │
│ really check how they compare. │
│ │
│ DJ Greyboy has the tendency to go for picks that are not too │
│ obvious for the next kid. But with that he pulls together │
│ compilations of bench warmers, that intend to take over the game │
│ and score unexpectedly high. But life is rarely like that. Bench │
│ warmers can only raise above the competition if they have their │
│ own distinctive and very effective styles that the world is not │
│ used to. These cats here are compromising to the conformity of │
│ what they expect will succeed. This is too thuggish for the │
│ audience that will hear about this or check it out, and the │
│ masses that would like this style will probably not hear about │
│ it. And so this possibly and actually could please the masses, │
│ but it lacks creativity to get the critics acclaim." │
│ │
│ --Urban Smarts │
│ │
│ │
│ This rip is also for Skare, P-Jays just isn't my thing, thuggish │
│ bullshit, Greyboy moved past it kinda. Good. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ┤
│ TRACK LIST │
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│ │
│ 01 greyboy-intro 01:20 │
│ 02 imam thug-throw it up 03:55 │
│ 03 mood-diplomats 03:14 │
│ 04 i.c.-genuine 03:39 │
│ 05 o.g.c.-shoot to kill 03:16 │
│ 06 master fuol-street pigs 03:47 │
│ 07 imam thug-one t.h.u.g. 04:42 │
│ 08 mood-polygood 03:44 │
│ 09 i.c.-cathy 04:03 │
│ 10 master fuol-chickens 02:41 │
│ 11 mood-castles 03:06 │
│ 12 a.g.-hidden crate (remix) 04:00 │
│ 13 imam thug-throw it up (remix) 03:36 │
│ 14 mood-polygood (remix) 04:03 │
│ 15 greyboy-outro 01:51 │
│ │
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│ TEAM INFO / CONTACTS │
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